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Name: Katy Rehus Date: 1 February 2012 Grade Level/Subject: Grade 2 - Math
Prerequisite Knowledge: Students should be able to identify components that make up shapes, such as angles, sides, etc. No prerequisite knowledge of symmetry is needed for this lessonit is an introduction to the concept. Approximate Time: 2 run-throughs at 15 minutes each Student Objectives/Student Outcomes: Students will be able to verbally determine, upon request, if a shape has symmetry over a given line. Students will demonstrate ability to reflect half of a shape over a line of symmetry. Content Standards: 9.B.1c Identify lines of symmetry in simple figures and construct symmetrical figures using various concrete materials. Materials/Resources/Technology: Handout of blackline shapes with symmetric divide lines Paint and associated supplies Smartboard Implementation: Time Opening of lesson: (Objectives, hook, behavior expectations) Call students to carpet to sit in rows. 2 min. Explain to students that while we have been looking at parts of 2-D and 3-D shapes and how we can combine simple shapes to make more complicated shapes, today we will be classifying shapes in a new waywe will be exploring symmetry. Explain to students that a shape is symmetrical if it can be folded/cut in half and the halves are a mirror image of each other. Tell students that today we will be doing a painting activity and then move on to a SmartBoard interactive mission after that if there is time, so we should listen and work well so we can have time for the web activity, too. Procedures: Include critical thinking questions and accommodations for individual needs 7 min. Have students stand up and sit at nearby desks. Show students the handout that they will be painting. Show them that the

shapes have a dashed line going through the center of all of the shapes this is a line of symmetry; it splits the shapes evenly in half. Explain to students that some of the shapes on this page, but not all, are symmetrical. Tell students that we can test symmetry by painting half of each shape, folding our paper in half, and observing if the paint evenly fills the other half of the given shapes. If the paint does not fill the shape exactly, the shape is not symmetrical. Demonstrate to students that to begin the activity they must first fold their handout in half. Show them how to paint only half of a shape and demonstrate folding the paper again and distributing the paint to both halves of the shapes. Explain to students once again how to identify if a shape is symmetrical or not. Hand out worksheets to students. Tell them to put their names on both pages and that we may need to pull the stapled pages apart. Distribute paint supplies, and watch/help students as they paint their worksheets. Talk with students as they do each shape, and discuss whether each is symmetrical or not. When finished, set pages near windows to dry, and have students re-gather at the carpet for SmartBoard activities. 5 min. Smart board workcomplete the BBC web mission if possible. The other sites listed are back-up for any technological dilemmas: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/shape_space/symmetry/ play.shtml http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/transform/ rotation.html http://www.teacherled.com/resources/mirror/mirrorload.html Summary/Closing: Ask students to give examples of symmetrical shapes. If time, ask students how to tell something is symmetrical without a mirror or paint. Dismiss students to pack up to go home. Student Assessment: Paint activity worksheet Oral demonstration of knowledge during group activities and open discussion

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